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Medical Relief.
Particulars as to the extent to which hospital and other forms
of gratuitous medical relief are utilised are not available, save in
a few instances, as many people apply to hospitals outside the
district as for example, the Royal Hospital, Richmond, the West
London Hospital, Hammersmith, and other General Hospitals
within the Metropolitan area.
Poor Law Medical Relief is reported to have been afforded to
382 cases, and some of these received also out-relief and institutional
treatment.
The Hounslow Hospital is the only voluntary Hospital within
the district; it is a modern and well equipped institution which
was enlarged by the addition of 20 beds during the present year.
Its sphere of usefulness will, it is hoped, be extended by the
provision of maternity beds. During the year 19.22, there were
admitted 357 in-patients, whilst 586 received treatment as outpatients.
Medical relief is also given by certain voluntary organisations
in the district, namely
The Hounslow Central Aid Society.
The Isleworth District Nuising Association.
Curative agencies directly or indirectly under the control of
the Council will be referred to under their appropriate headings.
They include :—
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics (two centres).
School Clinics (inspection and treatment of school children).
Hospital provision at Mogden and Dockwell for infectious
diseases.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population.
For the year 1922, the estimate of nett civil population is
given under two figures supplied by the Registrar-General.